effort Quotes

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

A good start is half the work done.

Those who act receive the prizes.

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.

Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

It is possible to fail in many ways . . . while to succeed is possible only in one way (for which reason also one is easy and the other difficult - to miss the mark easy, to hit it... ...

Try is a noisy way of doing nothing.

The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.

Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.